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* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: Ernest Cobb is suspiciously similar to Charles Whitman. While they ultimately differ in characterization, motive, and methods the inspiration is clear and the allusion seems intentional (as opposed to unintentionally just using now stock traits) when it is stated that Cobb killed 16 people, as Whitman did in real life.
* [[Non-Action Guy]]: Doc Soto
* [[Not So Different]]: The "63's" tend to be [[Complete Monster|vicious]] yet [[Sympathetic Criminal|Sympathetic Criminals]]. The guards of the time and the group hunting them down in the present ''are'' protecting society in doing so, but are prone to casual sadism. The key theme of the series seems to be the similarities between criminals and those who hunt and/or punish them. The inmates appear to be pitiful wrecks with [[Freudian Excuse|Freudian Excuses]], often deserving of execution, but the dehumanizing treatment they received at the hands of its staff has not lessened the threat they pose to society but ''increased it.'' The guards appear to be sadistic monsters who have simply chosen a profession that permits them to practice their sadism in a socially acceptable manner. Whether or not this is [[Truth in Television]] has yet to be decided, but there is [
* [[An Offer You Can't Refuse]]: When Warden James asks Tommy Madsen to work for him, it's not really something Tommy can refuse.
* [[Oh Crap]]: Rebecca gets a decent one in when Paxton Petty rolls a mine he just activated in her direction.
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